Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian protester in Hebron on 29 September 2022 (AFP)   Recent steps by Israeli authorities on both sides of the Green Line point to a coordinated divide-and-conquer strategy The Green Line exists outside of the Israeli political mindset. National security policies do not end at this border, which Israel erases each day through its practices. Several recent steps by Israeli …

The Marriage Conversation is a series dedicated to having honest, open conversations about marriage in the Muslim community, the good, the bad and the ugly. Hosted by award-winning author, speaker and coach, Na’ima B. Robert, every episode contains a wealth of insight, wisdom, advice and Islamic reminders for Muslims who want to have successful marriages.

Reforming the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA) has become an endless saga of committees and consultations, more to satisfy the political addenda of governments, parliamentarians and Muslim vote-bank managers than to make Muslim matrimonial matters keep pace with changing circumstances of Sri Lanka and its Muslim community. Between the time when Justice Saleem Marsoof Committee (JSMC) submitted its findings and recommendations …

Islam was introduced in Crimea with the Mongol invasion of Rus’ in the 13th century. What happened was that in 1241, Genghis Khan’s grandson, Batu Khan, conquered the region establishing Mongol rule. However, over the upcoming decades, the region, which spread from Eastern Europe to the Korean peninsula, began to fragment. The western portion was ruled by a confederation of …